Lawmakers delayed a vote on state Rep. Jim Butler’s plan to offer a monetary prize as incentive for finding cures for major diseases. The Oakwood Republican wants to start a multi-state compact that would pool cash to be awarded to scientists or inventors who discover and deploy cures.

Butler believes that giving out prize money would eventually save states because it would lead to lower health care costs born by the government.

The Ohio House also voted 93-0 for a child support reform bill that would update economic data used to calculate support orders, change how child care costs and health insurance are considered and recognize shared parenting practices.

The Ohio Senate backed the same bill, sponsored by Tipp City Republican Bill Beagle, on Feb. 28.

The system is rife with problems, including $4.5 billion in unpaid child support going back to 1976 and an outdated formula that some think drives non-custodial parents into the underground economy to avoid wage garnishments. Most of the debt — nearly 70 percent — is owed by parents who make less than $10,000 a year, child support enforcement officials say.